Goderich 200 Episodes

Goderich 200, is a podcast celebrating the vibrant legacy and people of Goderich as we prepare for our bicentennial in 2027. If you were ever one to visit the Beer Store back in the day, you might remember our guest today. Pat Osborne came to Goderich in 1960 to open our first beer store following a historic local vote that repealed the Canada Temperance Act. Prior to that the county had been “technically” dry for 46 years, having originally voted to enact the CTA by referendum in 1914. Also joining us in this episode, Liz Petrie from the Bicentennial Committee to bring us up to date on all the latest planning. Goderich 200 is brought to you by the Town of Goderich 2027 Bicentennial Committee.

Well, here we go ... Episode 3 of Goderich 200, a podcast celebrating the vibrant legacy and people of Goderich as we prepare for our bicentennial in 2027. A while back I had a member of our community reach out to say that he’d met the most interesting man. The man had shared stories about the town and seemed like a genuine wealth of knowledge. He thought he maybe owned a camera store at one time and he couldn’t quite recall the name but he wondered if I maybe knew of such a man. “Wouldn’t ha...